Printing device for cash-registers or cash-delivery apparatus.



F. CORRELL.

PRINTING DEVICE FOR CASH REGISTERS 0R CASH DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, IBIO.

Patented June 1, 1915.

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F. CORRELL.

PRINTING DEVICE FOR CASH REGISTERS 0R CASH DELIVERY APPARATUS.APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16. 1910.

1 1 4 1 693 0 Patented June 1, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 60., FHDTD-LITHO., WASHINGTON D. C.

F. CORRELL.

PRINTING DEVICE FOR CASH REGISTERS 0R CASH DELIVERY APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1910.

1 1 4: 1 ,693 Patented J 11110 1, 1915.

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THE NORRIS PETERS 170,, PHOIGLITHQ, WASHINGTON, u. u.

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FRIEDRICH OORRELL, OF BERLIN, GERMANY.

Specification of Letters ratent.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed November 16, 1910. Serial No. 592,617.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FRIEDRICH CominLp, asubject of the German Emperor, and resident of Waterloo Ufer 19, Berlin,Germany,

have invented new and useful Improvements in Printing Devices forCash-Registers or Cash-Delivery Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

The well'known cash; registers and cash delivery machines are providedwith print ing devices which print the amounts1nd1- cated by means ofthe keys, on a control strip which remains in the machine, and in caseof cash registers also deliver a check and in case of cash'deliveryapparatus, print on a money bag. ,The well known devices of this kinddeliver however the check either only at the side of the register atwhich the attendant is standing, or only at the side where the payor orthe, payee are standing, and for the printing .of the money bags, in thecash. delivery apparatus, in addition to the printing device for theprinting strip remaining in the machine, there is also provided aseparate printing device arranged in such manner that it can be usedeither only by the cashier or by the payee.

This invention relates however to a printing device by means of which itis possible to print alternately both the check and the.

money bag, and to deliver. the checksalternately at both sides of themachine andto introduce the money bags, to be printed, as may bedesired, from, the side nearest the cashier or from the side nearest thepayee.

Figure 1 shows a cash register, atone lateral wall of which is arrangedthe printing device A.- Figs. show different constructions of theprinting device in side elevation, partly in section; a v

In a casing are mounted at the top the printing segments C set'in thewell known manner by means of :toothed wheels D, from the key-board E. I

The printing stamp F, after the-setting of the printing" segments. C, ismoved upward in asuitable guide plate H this being eii'ected in a wellknown manner by rotating the crank G which projects from the casing ofthe printing box A. v

Between the guideplate H and the printing segments C is the space K intowhich can be introduced by means of the supply plates I arranged at the.front and back Wall of the casing A, both by the cashier standing infront of the keys E, and by the payor or by the payee standing at theopposite side of the register, a loose check or a money bag, from bothsides, for printing between the printing segments C and the printingstamp F. Owing, therefore, to the particular arrangement of the twoinlet openings I on both sides of the casing of the printing apparatusA, the latter is rendered conveniently accessible to, and capable ofbeing used by both the cashier and by the payor or by the payee. As,however, the checks are not generally printed in out lengths which areintroduced by hand, which latter operation on the contrary is always thecase with money bags, the apparatus is further designed also forprinting checks on endless strips, three different constructions of thesame being shown in Figs. 2-4.

Aswi-ll be seen from Fig. 2, the paper strip roll L for the checks, ismounted on a spindle 0 between 'a pair of levers N rotatable about aspindle M. About the said spindle O rotates also, on the inner side ofthe levers N, but on the outer side of the paper strip roll L, a second,shorter pair of levers P, which carry at the top the guide rollers Qbetween which passes the paper band or strip R. The pair of levers Ncarry at their upper end guide rollers S intermittently driven by thefriction or toothed wheels, S gearing with the friction or toothedwheels T operated by the crank G. The leverN is alsoprovided with aquadrant U with stops UP and U at each end, in such mannerthat when theshort pair of leversP are moved by the rod V, owing to the pin and slotengagement they strike, ac-

cording to its direction of movement, either the stop U or U and in thatway drive, during thelr further movement, the long lever pair N.

' 1 At the beginning of the movement of the long lever pair N, the saidpair also moves a locking device W against the driving wheels S of theguide rollers S. This device comprises two arms which at, one end areprovided with teeth adapted to mesh with the teeth of the correspondingwheels S and atthe other end are pivotally connected together and guidedin the lever N,

restin in a slight depression of the quadrant whereby when the latter ismoved the arms W are raised and their toothed ends locked withthecorresponding teeth of the wheels S The object of the device is tointroduce the check strip R alternately through the supply opening X orX froni'the side nearest the cashier .or nearestthe p ayor or the payee,into the intermediate space K betweentheprintin-g segments and theprinting stamp, and toejectit on the opposite side, according as it isdesired'todeliver the check on the side nearest the cashier or on thesidfenearest thepayor or the payee by the suitable adjustment of the rodV, and consequently of the pairs of levers P and N. The difficultpoint'of this device is that the paper strip QR advanced'for printing, must befirst'eompletelywithdrawn from the intermediate space K and the supplyopening Xor 4 X before it can be again introduced into [the other supplyposition.

Fig. '3 shows similar construction, only in this construction there areprovidedtwo checkstl'iprolls Lwhich are mounted in a suitable rigidmanner. In this construction abalance beam Y is connected by means of arod'Z to two levers b oscillatingabout the spindlesa. The leverY' is soarranged that anyone'of thepins'c, 0 or c c an'beengaged in the slot.Accordingas-the pin-0on0 is connected tothe balance beam Y driven by thecaslrregister means of the spindle (Z, the check strip R or R is broughtinto the printing position'and ejected at the opposites'ide." It,however, the two levels 6 (Fig; 3)';are"set in the central position byengaging the lever Y withthepin: 0 the check printing device will bethrown out of gear, and the same printing device CFwill beceine free forprinting money bags'which V 'canbeintroduced'fromboth' sides. In asimilar manner the lever N, Fig. 2, may be set in central,inoperativeposition by the rod 'V. V e The advance of the strip R or. R by thelever 6 through the openings]: isefiected by 'means ofa clamping devicearranged at the free end of the leverand' engaging only in onedirection. The" saiddevice consists of a fixed jaw I9 and of'a movablejawb pressed against the former by means of a spring. The latter" jaw isprovided 'wi'th a pin 6 When the lever b is advanced, the two jaws b and'b are pressed against each other by-the springand drive the strip.

When howeverthe lever arrives at the end of "its advance movement,the'p'in 6 will strike pivoted switches or points: b which, :during thereturn movement will bring the 1 pin 6 under a rail, and in that waywillmove the'j aw b away from-the jaw b? in opposition to the resistanceofthe spring,'and will hold it during the return movement of the leverin such manner that the paper strip will not be affected.

Iffinthe construction shown in Fig. 3, the levers b are set in thecentral position,

-' no. printing of the check cantake' place.

The check printing device remains working,

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as there is no separate deviceYfor throwing it "out of gear, but themovement of the checks-is-not large enough to bring them within reach ofthe figures of the printing vice.-

shows another. embodiment of the side,='that isito say, the side nearestthe 1 payor-or'of'the payee. 'It,however, it isdesiredto have the checkon the lefthand sidefw-here the cashier is standing, the flap 7 isbrought by means of a lever 6 into the dotted positionyso that the checkejected on the right hand side, will be deviated to the left by the flapf and the shoot 9 secured to the; flap or arranged in a fixed manner,and delivered through'the opening 72.,

, In-this construction,- when money bags are to be printed which in thiscase can also be supplied from bothisi'des 'through' I,'the check paper"strip is-stopped by pressing on the button 01; the-said stopping'beingefiected by the roller 70 which presses the paper strip R against thedriven roller "S, releasingthe i check paper strip so that it cannotbe-advanced'by the roller Seven when the latter is rotating.

apparatus for cash reg:

ing mechanism; means to'retaina supply of 7 material to be: printed:upon' by saidi printing mechanism; means toipresent the mate- Y rialto'said printmg mechanism; and means 7 to temporarily arrest'thedelivery of the said material to permit the printing mechanism to printmaterial otherthan the said material. V

2.- In a' printing apparatus for'cash registers, provided withoppositely disposed ifeed and delivery openings: suitable printingmechanism means to retain-a supplyofmaterial to be printed upon bysaid:printing "mechanism; a driving roller and-a; spring pressed] rollerbetween which said material isa'dapted to pass to be presented therebyto said printing mechanism; and means delivery of the saidmaterial.

3. Ina printing apparatus for cash registers, provided with oppositelydisposed feed and delivery'openingsandwithafurther delivery opening,suitable printing mechanism; means to retain a supply ofma- -'terial to'be printed upon by said' printing mechanism; meansto present thematerial to said printing mechanism; and a pivoted flap 'to receive theprinted materialfrom one of said oppositely disposed teed anddeto'disengage' said 'spring pressedroller from said driving rollertotemporarily-arrest the i livery openings to convey it to the saiddelivery opening.

4. In a printing apparatus for cash registers, provided With'OPPOSitGlYdisposed feed and delivery openings and with a further delivery opening:suitable printing mechanism; means to retain a supply of material to beprinted upon by said printing mechanism; means to present the materialto said printing mechanism; a pivoted flap to receive the printedmaterial from one of said oppositely disposed feed and delivery openingsto convey it to the said delivery opening; and means to place saidpivoted flap in inoperative position.

5. In a printing apparatus for cash registers, provided with oppositelydisposed feed and delivery openings: suitable printing mechanism; meansto retain a supply of material to be printed upon by said printingcopies of this patent may be obtained for mechanism; a driving rollerand a spring pressed roller between which said material isadapted topass to be presented thereby to said printing mechanism; a pivoted flapto receive the printing material from one of said oppositely disposedfeed and delivery openings to convey it to the said delivery opening;means to place said pivoted flap in inoperative position; and means todisengage said spring pressed roller from said driving roller totemporarily arrest the delivery of said material.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signedmy name in presence of two Witnesses, this 4th day of November 1910.

FRIEDRICH CORRELL.

Witnesses:

HENRY HAsrnR, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

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